President Joe Biden was meeting with governors — including Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan — who said they want to help resettle people fleeing Afghanistan.

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ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Army has published the final photo of a combat photographer who captured on camera the blast that killed her in an accidental mortar explosion in Afghanistan nearly four years ago. The Army’s professional journal says the ...

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WASHINGTON  — A California woman can’t challenge the government’s decision to deny a visa to her spouse from Afghanistan, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Split along ideological lines, the justices ruled 5-4 that Fauzia Din, a naturalized U.S. citizen, had ...

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FORT MEADE — Pfc. Bradley Manning put U.S. military secrets into the hands of Osama bin Laden himself, prosecutors said Monday as the Army intelligence analyst went on trial over the biggest leak of classified material in American history. Manning’s ...

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The U.S. military has been launching cyberattacks against its opponents in Afghanistan, a senior officer says, making an unusually explicit acknowledgment of the oft-hidden world of electronic warfare. Marine Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills’ comments came last week at a ...

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FORT MEADE — A year and a half after he allegedly orchestrated the biggest national security leak in U.S. history, Pfc. Bradley Manning’s lawyers are finally presenting evidence in his defense. The 24-year-old former Army intelligence analyst, accused of releasing ...

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WASHINGTON — In a blunt rejoinder to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday, part of a total 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. He vowed to veto any deficit reduction ...

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President Barack Obama will propose $1.5 trillion in new taxes as part of a plan to identify more than $3 trillion in long-term deficit reduction and slow the nation’s escalating national debt. Obama’s tax plan is aimed predominantly at the ...

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A U.S. Army National Guardsman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the chance of parole for the murder of an Afghan civilian. Sgt. Derrick Miller of Hagerstown shook hands with several soldiers in his ...

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A U.S. Army National Guardsman from Maryland was found guilty Wednesday of premeditated murder in the shooting death of an Afghan civilian. Sgt. Derrick Miller, of Hagerstown, faces a maximum punishment of life in prison at ...

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